diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Client.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Client.cpp
index 508be13..e54b460 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Client.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Client.cpp
@@ -76,9 +76,18 @@
                                uint32_t flags, const sp<IBinder>& parentHandle,
                                LayerMetadata metadata, sp<IBinder>* handle,
                                sp<IGraphicBufferProducer>* gbp) {
+    sp<Layer> parent = nullptr;
+    if (parentHandle != nullptr) {
+        auto layerHandle = reinterpret_cast<Layer::Handle*>(parentHandle.get());
+        parent = layerHandle->owner.promote();
+        if (parent == nullptr) {
+            return NAME_NOT_FOUND;
+        }
+    }
+
     // We rely on createLayer to check permissions.
     return mFlinger->createLayer(name, this, w, h, format, flags, std::move(metadata), handle, gbp,
-                                 parentHandle);
+                                 &parent);
 }
 
 status_t Client::createWithSurfaceParent(const String8& name, uint32_t w, uint32_t h,
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
index 1716c17..7965245 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
     }
 
     mFrameTracker.logAndResetStats(mName);
+
     mFlinger->onLayerDestroyed();
 }
 
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/RefreshRateOverlay.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/RefreshRateOverlay.cpp
index 240c84e..e70bfe4 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/RefreshRateOverlay.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/RefreshRateOverlay.cpp
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
     const status_t ret =
             mFlinger.createLayer(String8("RefreshRateOverlay"), mClient, 0, 0,
                                  PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_8888, ISurfaceComposerClient::eFXSurfaceColor,
-                                 LayerMetadata(), &mIBinder, &mGbp, nullptr);
+                                 LayerMetadata(), &mIBinder, &mGbp, &mLayer);
     if (ret) {
-        ALOGE("failed to create color layer");
+        ALOGE("failed to color layer");
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index 530ec30..fccd910 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -3418,20 +3418,12 @@
         const sp<IBinder>& handle,
         const sp<IGraphicBufferProducer>& gbc,
         const sp<Layer>& lbc,
-        const sp<IBinder>& parentHandle,
+        const sp<Layer>& parent,
         bool addToCurrentState)
 {
     // add this layer to the current state list
     {
         Mutex::Autolock _l(mStateLock);
-        sp<Layer> parent;
-        if (parentHandle != nullptr) {
-            parent = fromHandle(parentHandle);
-            if (parent == nullptr) {
-                return NAME_NOT_FOUND;
-            }
-        }
-
         if (mNumLayers >= MAX_LAYERS) {
             ALOGE("AddClientLayer failed, mNumLayers (%zu) >= MAX_LAYERS (%zu)", mNumLayers,
                   MAX_LAYERS);
@@ -4042,10 +4034,10 @@
     return flags;
 }
 
-status_t SurfaceFlinger::createLayer(
-        const String8& name, const sp<Client>& client, uint32_t w, uint32_t h, PixelFormat format,
-        uint32_t flags, LayerMetadata metadata, sp<IBinder>* handle,
-        sp<IGraphicBufferProducer>* gbp, const sp<IBinder>& parentHandle) {
+status_t SurfaceFlinger::createLayer(const String8& name, const sp<Client>& client, uint32_t w,
+                                     uint32_t h, PixelFormat format, uint32_t flags,
+                                     LayerMetadata metadata, sp<IBinder>* handle,
+                                     sp<IGraphicBufferProducer>* gbp, sp<Layer>* parent) {
     if (int32_t(w|h) < 0) {
         ALOGE("createLayer() failed, w or h is negative (w=%d, h=%d)",
                 int(w), int(h));
@@ -4110,14 +4102,12 @@
         return result;
     }
 
-    mLayersByLocalBinderToken.emplace((*handle)->localBinder(), layer);
-
     if (primaryDisplayOnly) {
         layer->setPrimaryDisplayOnly();
     }
 
     bool addToCurrentState = callingThreadHasUnscopedSurfaceFlingerAccess();
-    result = addClientLayer(client, *handle, *gbp, layer, parentHandle,
+    result = addClientLayer(client, *handle, *gbp, layer, *parent,
             addToCurrentState);
     if (result != NO_ERROR) {
         return result;
@@ -4235,16 +4225,6 @@
         mCurrentState.layersSortedByZ.remove(layer);
     }
     markLayerPendingRemovalLocked(layer);
-
-    auto it = mLayersByLocalBinderToken.begin();
-    while (it != mLayersByLocalBinderToken.end()) {
-        if (it->second == layer) {
-            it = mLayersByLocalBinderToken.erase(it);
-        } else {
-            it++;
-        }
-    }
-
     layer.clear();
 }
 
@@ -5514,50 +5494,34 @@
         const bool mChildrenOnly;
     };
 
-    int reqWidth = 0;
-    int reqHeight = 0;
-    sp<Layer> parent;
+    auto layerHandle = reinterpret_cast<Layer::Handle*>(layerHandleBinder.get());
+    auto parent = layerHandle->owner.promote();
+
+    if (parent == nullptr || parent->isRemovedFromCurrentState()) {
+        ALOGE("captureLayers called with a removed parent");
+        return NAME_NOT_FOUND;
+    }
+
+    const int uid = IPCThreadState::self()->getCallingUid();
+    const bool forSystem = uid == AID_GRAPHICS || uid == AID_SYSTEM;
+    if (!forSystem && parent->getCurrentState().flags & layer_state_t::eLayerSecure) {
+        ALOGW("Attempting to capture secure layer: PERMISSION_DENIED");
+        return PERMISSION_DENIED;
+    }
+
     Rect crop(sourceCrop);
-    std::unordered_set<sp<Layer>, ISurfaceComposer::SpHash<Layer>> excludeLayers;
+    if (sourceCrop.width() <= 0) {
+        crop.left = 0;
+        crop.right = parent->getBufferSize(parent->getCurrentState()).getWidth();
+    }
 
-    {
-        Mutex::Autolock _l(mStateLock);
+    if (sourceCrop.height() <= 0) {
+        crop.top = 0;
+        crop.bottom = parent->getBufferSize(parent->getCurrentState()).getHeight();
+    }
 
-        parent = fromHandle(layerHandleBinder);
-        if (parent == nullptr || parent->isRemovedFromCurrentState()) {
-            ALOGE("captureLayers called with an invalid or removed parent");
-            return NAME_NOT_FOUND;
-        }
-
-        const int uid = IPCThreadState::self()->getCallingUid();
-        const bool forSystem = uid == AID_GRAPHICS || uid == AID_SYSTEM;
-        if (!forSystem && parent->getCurrentState().flags & layer_state_t::eLayerSecure) {
-            ALOGW("Attempting to capture secure layer: PERMISSION_DENIED");
-            return PERMISSION_DENIED;
-        }
-
-        if (sourceCrop.width() <= 0) {
-            crop.left = 0;
-            crop.right = parent->getBufferSize(parent->getCurrentState()).getWidth();
-        }
-
-        if (sourceCrop.height() <= 0) {
-            crop.top = 0;
-            crop.bottom = parent->getBufferSize(parent->getCurrentState()).getHeight();
-        }
-        reqWidth = crop.width() * frameScale;
-        reqHeight = crop.height() * frameScale;
-
-        for (const auto& handle : excludeHandles) {
-            sp<Layer> excludeLayer = fromHandle(handle);
-            if (excludeLayer != nullptr) {
-                excludeLayers.emplace(excludeLayer);
-            } else {
-                ALOGW("Invalid layer handle passed as excludeLayer to captureLayers");
-                return NAME_NOT_FOUND;
-            }
-        }
-    } // mStateLock
+    int32_t reqWidth = crop.width() * frameScale;
+    int32_t reqHeight = crop.height() * frameScale;
 
     // really small crop or frameScale
     if (reqWidth <= 0) {
@@ -5567,6 +5531,18 @@
         reqHeight = 1;
     }
 
+    std::unordered_set<sp<Layer>, ISurfaceComposer::SpHash<Layer>> excludeLayers;
+    for (const auto& handle : excludeHandles) {
+        BBinder* local = handle->localBinder();
+        if (local != nullptr) {
+            auto layerHandle = reinterpret_cast<Layer::Handle*>(local);
+            excludeLayers.emplace(layerHandle->owner.promote());
+        } else {
+            ALOGW("Invalid layer handle passed as excludeLayer to captureLayers");
+            return NAME_NOT_FOUND;
+        }
+    }
+
     LayerRenderArea renderArea(this, parent, crop, reqWidth, reqHeight, reqDataspace, childrenOnly);
     auto traverseLayers = [parent, childrenOnly,
                            &excludeLayers](const LayerVector::Visitor& visitor) {
@@ -5937,18 +5913,6 @@
     mFlinger->setInputWindowsFinished();
 }
 
-sp<Layer> SurfaceFlinger::fromHandle(const sp<IBinder>& handle) {
-    BBinder *b = handle->localBinder();
-    if (b == nullptr) {
-        return nullptr;
-    }
-    auto it = mLayersByLocalBinderToken.find(b);
-    if (it != mLayersByLocalBinderToken.end()) {
-        return it->second.promote();
-    }
-    return nullptr;
-}
-
 } // namespace android
 
 #if defined(__gl_h_)
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
index c0c0880..7e8e836 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
@@ -313,8 +313,6 @@
         return mTransactionCompletedThread;
     }
 
-    sp<Layer> fromHandle(const sp<IBinder>& handle) REQUIRES(mStateLock);
-
 private:
     friend class BufferLayer;
     friend class BufferQueueLayer;
@@ -589,10 +587,9 @@
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------
      * Layer management
      */
-    status_t createLayer(
-            const String8& name, const sp<Client>& client, uint32_t w, uint32_t h,
-            PixelFormat format, uint32_t flags, LayerMetadata metadata,
-            sp<IBinder>* handle, sp<IGraphicBufferProducer>* gbp, const sp<IBinder>& parentHandle);
+    status_t createLayer(const String8& name, const sp<Client>& client, uint32_t w, uint32_t h,
+                         PixelFormat format, uint32_t flags, LayerMetadata metadata,
+                         sp<IBinder>* handle, sp<IGraphicBufferProducer>* gbp, sp<Layer>* parent);
 
     status_t createBufferQueueLayer(const sp<Client>& client, const String8& name, uint32_t w,
                                     uint32_t h, uint32_t flags, LayerMetadata metadata,
@@ -624,7 +621,7 @@
             const sp<IBinder>& handle,
             const sp<IGraphicBufferProducer>& gbc,
             const sp<Layer>& lbc,
-            const sp<IBinder>& parentHandle,
+            const sp<Layer>& parent,
             bool addToCurrentState);
 
     // Traverse through all the layers and compute and cache its bounds.
@@ -997,9 +994,6 @@
     std::map<wp<IBinder>, sp<DisplayDevice>> mDisplays;
     std::unordered_map<DisplayId, sp<IBinder>> mPhysicalDisplayTokens;
 
-    // protected by mStateLock
-    std::unordered_map<BBinder*, wp<Layer>> mLayersByLocalBinderToken;
-
     // don't use a lock for these, we don't care
     int mDebugRegion = 0;
     bool mDebugDisableHWC = false;
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/Android.bp b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/Android.bp
index d3c87bf..f121a95 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/Android.bp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/Android.bp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     srcs: [
         "BufferGenerator.cpp",
         "Credentials_test.cpp",
-        "InvalidHandles_test.cpp",
         "Stress_test.cpp",
         "SurfaceInterceptor_test.cpp",
         "Transaction_test.cpp",
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/InvalidHandles_test.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/InvalidHandles_test.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 42d1f5a..0000000
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/InvalidHandles_test.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-#include <binder/Binder.h>
-
-#include <gtest/gtest.h>
-
-#include <gui/ISurfaceComposer.h>
-#include <gui/SurfaceComposerClient.h>
-#include <private/gui/ComposerService.h>
-#include <ui/Rect.h>
-
-namespace android {
-namespace {
-
-class NotALayer : public BBinder {};
-
-/**
- * For all of these tests we make a SurfaceControl with an invalid layer handle
- * and verify we aren't able to trick SurfaceFlinger.
- */
-class InvalidHandleTest : public ::testing::Test {
-protected:
-    sp<SurfaceComposerClient> mScc;
-    sp<SurfaceControl> mNotSc;
-    void SetUp() override {
-        mScc = new SurfaceComposerClient;
-        ASSERT_EQ(NO_ERROR, mScc->initCheck());
-        mNotSc = makeNotSurfaceControl();
-    }
-
-    sp<SurfaceControl> makeNotSurfaceControl() {
-        return new SurfaceControl(mScc, new NotALayer(), nullptr, true);
-    }
-};
-
-TEST_F(InvalidHandleTest, createSurfaceInvalidHandle) {
-    auto notSc = makeNotSurfaceControl();
-    ASSERT_EQ(nullptr,
-              mScc->createSurface(String8("lolcats"), 19, 47, PIXEL_FORMAT_RGBA_8888, 0,
-                                  notSc.get())
-                      .get());
-}
-
-TEST_F(InvalidHandleTest, captureLayersInvalidHandle) {
-    sp<ISurfaceComposer> sf(ComposerService::getComposerService());
-    sp<GraphicBuffer> outBuffer;
-
-    ASSERT_EQ(NAME_NOT_FOUND,
-              sf->captureLayers(mNotSc->getHandle(), &outBuffer, Rect::EMPTY_RECT, 1.0f));
-}
-
-} // namespace
-} // namespace android
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/SurfaceFlinger_test.filter b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/SurfaceFlinger_test.filter
index a8d09ea..be862c9 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/tests/SurfaceFlinger_test.filter
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/tests/SurfaceFlinger_test.filter
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
         "presubmit": {
-            "filter": "CredentialsTest.*:SurfaceFlingerStress.*:SurfaceInterceptorTest.*:LayerTransactionTest.*:LayerTypeTransactionTest.*:LayerUpdateTest.*:GeometryLatchingTest.*:CropLatchingTest.*:ChildLayerTest.*:ScreenCaptureTest.*:ScreenCaptureChildOnlyTest.*:DereferenceSurfaceControlTest.*:BoundlessLayerTest.*:MultiDisplayLayerBoundsTest.*:InvalidHandleTest.*"
+            "filter": "CredentialsTest.*:SurfaceFlingerStress.*:SurfaceInterceptorTest.*:LayerTransactionTest.*:LayerTypeTransactionTest.*:LayerUpdateTest.*:GeometryLatchingTest.*:CropLatchingTest.*:ChildLayerTest.*:ScreenCaptureTest.*:ScreenCaptureChildOnlyTest.*:DereferenceSurfaceControlTest.*:BoundlessLayerTest.*:MultiDisplayLayerBoundsTest.*"
         }
 }